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Takeaway: does plasma have super powers?

Materials touched by plasma have their physics changed. Here we show a tissue before plasma treatment, the liquid is quickly absorbed. Then the

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Meet Little Casper, a robot designed to help children suffering from cancer

A robot named “Little Casper” has been designed to help children in hospital suffering from cancer. It is currently being tested at this hospital in

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Takeaway: my robot, my friend

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From pig gut to 3D printing - the fascinating science behind tailor-made bones

On Futuris this week we look at the growing science of generating tailor-made bones to transplant into humans. Traditional transplants have been

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Takeaway: growing bones

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A virtual reality game to help stroke patients

At a sophisticated lab in Barcelona, researchers are convinced that computer models based on virtual reality can help people who have suffered

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Takeaway: train your brain!

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The dangerous and illegal trade in counterfeit medicines

Look in your medicine cabinet, reflect on the those pills you may have taken for a recent flu. How do you know they are not fake? Counterfeit

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Takeaway: Red card for dangerous lifestyle

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Takeaway: venoms that heal

This cobra can kill you… but its venom could also cure your diabetes… or your allergy. Thousands of toxins from 200 venimous species have been newly

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How I learned to stop worrying about snakes and love the venom

Extremely venomous animals like snakes have long been feared and exterminated. What you are about to see in this report is that the same venom that

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Botched drug trial leaves six in serious condition in France

One person is in a coma and five others are in a serious condition in France after taking part in a drugs trial that went wrong. The trial took place

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Taking away the doctors: how telemedicine is changing lives

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Surgical avatars promise medical revolution

Imagine if we all had our own personal medical avatar, so treatments could be tailor-made to suit our individual needs and tested before use. That has just come a step closer thanks to a team from Hun

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Do you know: can computers heal spines?

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Confronting the epidemy that is diabetes

How is science trying to detect, treat and prevent diabetes?

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Processed meats cause cancer, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) says processed meat is “carcinogenic to humans” putting sausages in the same category as asbestos and cigarettes

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Saving brain cells during cancer surgery

Brainy imaging Leaving as much healthy tissue intact as possible is obviously of great importance when operating to remove brain tumours. To find

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Do you know: what colours do animals see?

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How early intervention helps muscle and joint pain patients back to work

Millions of people suffer from pain in their joints and muscles during their working lives, and sometimes that pain can become unbearable. Esperanza